Power holds off Berkeley and Caine to take overall Loughrea honours

SONIA O’SULLIVAN raced to her second successive victory in a week at the Great Ireland Run in Loughrea and then declared herself ready for the concluding phase of her build-up to the New York Marathon.

Sonia won comfortably in 25 mins 30 secs and that placed her 15th overall behind Ireland’s Seamus Power and Noel Berkeley as the combined men’s/women’s team were clear winners of the international team contest.

The race up front was exciting as Power fought out a ferocious contest with a strong international field. But the focus throughout was on O’Sullivan, who was some distance back running with a group of five men.

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